Tag Archives: Mityana

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mityana municipality council meeting on Thursday flopped after councilors protested the continued imprisonment of National Unity Platform-NUP supporters. The angry councilors, the majority from NUP note that a number of people were arrested and imprisoned during the 2021 campaigns and election period on false …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Property worth millions of shillings has been destroyed after a fire gutted a furniture workshop at Kibibi village, Mityana municipality. The fire destroyed chairs, beds, machines, and hand tool equipment among others. The fire broke out at Kibibi garage in Mityana district on Tuesday morning. Swaib …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana municipality has introduced garbage collection fees. The fees that were introduced under the Garbage Management Ordinance will see residents pay 3,000 Shillings a month to Globe Cleaning Services, which is currently handling waste collection in the municipality. Mityana Municipality Mayor, Faustin Mukambwe Lukonge says …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana District is investigating circumstances under which one of their officers died near his home on Saturday morning. Patrick Nuwagaba, the Officer in Charge of Kakindu Police Station in Mityana District was found dead near his car that had been parked about …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown assailants have killed two police officers attached to Busunju police station in Mityana district. Corporal Alfred Oketch and Police Constable Moses Kigongo met their death at the hands of the assailants on Tuesday evening. Police in Wamala region say that the deceased met their …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people occupying land owned by the Uganda Railway Corporation-URC in Mityana district have been given up to March to vacate or be forced out. In April, the URC management issued a 6 months notice requiring all the occupants to vacate the railway land …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Woman Member of Parliament Joyce Bagala has appealed against a decision of the High Court that nullified her election. Bagala, a candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) had been declared winner of the January 2021 polls with a margin of 16,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Mubende has nullified Joyce Bagala’s election as Mityana Woman Member of Parliament and called for fresh elections. This follows a petition by Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba. Bagala said she would appeal the decision by court to call for a by-election. Nabakooba dragged Bagala …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Miseebe Central in Bulera Sub County, Mityana District are appealing for help to stop the rampant theft of livestock in their area. The appeal came after residents intercepted a group of suspected thieves who were carrying a calf and several goats allegedly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Emmanuel Baguma has directed Judith Nabakooba and her rival, Joyce Bagala to file written submissions in the Mityana District Woman MP election dispute. He directed Nabakooba to file her written submissions of not more than 30 pages by September 12, and allow Mityana District …